I arrived to the United States as a Cambodian refugee and grew up in New York City’s Upper West Side. As I have been told, I cried a lot. It drove my parents and siblings crazy! No one knows, including myself, why I cried so much. To this day, it is still a mystery. I remember my father recorded me crying and had me listen to the tape. I would listen quietly and then pick up where it left off. My mother, in her effort, brought me a plastic doll bank to play with. She looked just like me, with a coconut haircut and a tear forever painted on her face. For a while, she went everywhere and cried with me. Their effort went up in smoke, until one day, a pair of kid’s scissors in a Chinatown’s five and dime store caught my eyes and smile. Along with a tube of glue and construction papers, I traded in crying for creating.

I went on to study art at School of Visual Arts. In my senior year, after years of experimenting and working with different media, my portfolio instructor reminded me what I enjoyed most as a child and that was cutting. Now I create with a haircutter's scissors and an x-acto knife.

Praise for Honk, Honk, Goose!, illustrated by Huy Voun Lee:

"A fun read-aloud grounded by great informational back matter, Sayre's latest is one of a few picture books that give a nod to father goose...Lee's cut-paper-collage illustrations wonderfully complement the text."

Booklist, Starred Review

"Lee's cut-paper collage illustrations fill the pages with color and movement."

School Library Journal, Starred Review

At the Beach (Henry Holt & Company)
In the Snow (Henry Holt & Company)
In the Park (Henry Holt & Company)
In the Leaves (Henry Holt & Company)
1, 2, 3 Go! (Henry Holt & Company)
Honk, Honk, Goose! (Henry Holt & Company)
Cardinal and Sunflower (HarperCollins)
America ( Lee & Low, participating artist)